Improvement in cabbage-cotters



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JOHN D. SOHAUB, OF BIRMINGHAM. PENNSYLYANIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,520, dated April 5, 1870.

The Schedule referred to In the Letters Patent and making part` of thesama To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN D. SCHAUB, ofBirmingham, in the county of Allegheny and State of Penn- Sylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Cabbage-Cutter; and I do herebydeclare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to tbe accompanying drawing making a partof thisspecification, in which-A Figure 1 is a perspective view of therevolving cutting-plate of my improved cabbage-cutter,V exposed bybreaking away a corner of the box or frame-work;

, Figure 2 is a view of the working gear, whereby power is applied? tothe cutting-plate; and

Figure 3 is a view ofthe under side of the enlistingplate.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts iu each. My inventionconsists in an improvement in the I feeding devices ofhorizontally-rotating vegetable-cutters, whereby the cabbage or othervegetable is fed continuously to the revolving knives, and preventedfrom turning or revolving with the knives.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe `its construction and operation.

' In the drawiuga represents the revolving plate, which is set in a box,b, in the top of the frame c.

In this revolving plate a I make slots, d,.as many as may .be desired,inclined in such a way that their planes shall cut the-plane of thesurface of the plate 'a obliquely.

To the upper side of these slots, d, I fasten knives c, thecutting-edges of which project above the surface ofthe plate a. Theseknives do not entirely ll the slot, but leave a comparatively wideopening in front of them.

They are fastened by screws-to a projection or raised part, f, back ofthe slots d on the under side ofthe plate a. V

The plate a' is operated by means of a shaft, g, whichis turned by twobevel gear-wheels h 'and fi, one of which, i is turned by a crank, k,which projects from the side f the frame or box c, and gears into andturns the other, h, which is firmly fastened to, and of course turns theshaft g.

Onto the lower end of the shaft g I have fastened another bevelgear-wheel, l, which gears loosely into the operating-Wheel t', merely,however, to keep the wheel i in gear wit-h the wheel h.

Upon the' top of the box c, around the revolving plate a, I place Yabox, m, into which the cabbage to be cut up is placed, and, to preventthe cabbage from catching on the knives c and revolving with the platea, I place a knife, n, in the box m, extending from plate a.

The up-turned edge of this knife is sharpened, so that, when ythecabbage is pressed down into the box m, it will cut it in two. Thiseleetually prevents the cabbage from turning, and at the same time theknife is set high enough to not interfere with the knives e on therevolving plate a..

For convenience in .pressing the cabbage down upon the cutting-knives e,I make a lid, o, which fits inside of the box m. This lid has a recess,p, which is of such a shape, when that the lid is presseddown, it s hallnot come against and thereby injure the knife n.

The lid is prevented from coming against the revolving plate a by theedges r which extend below its lower surface, and which, when the lid isat the bottoni of the box m, rest upon the top plate of the box boutside of the revolving plate a. Inside of the box b I place a board,s, extending diagonally from one of the top corners to the oppositelower corner. This is for the purpose of catching the cnt cabbage whichcomes through the slots in the plate a, which, when it falls 011 theinclined board slides down it, and out of an opening in the side of boxb, made for that purpose.

The operation of the machine consists simply in turning the crank k,after the cabbage has been put into the box m,.and the lid o put on, andin due time the cabbage comes thronghthe opening in the side of the boxb,eeompletely ut up. 1t may he cut coarse or fine by gauging the knivese by means of the screws h.

The knives e and slots ll can be made curved if desired, either formanswering equally well for the purpose.

I desire to apply my invention not only to cutting up cabbage, but alsoother vegetables and fruits.

Power may be applied in any other convenient way beside that shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In combination with the revolving knives e, a fixed knife or cuttern, arranged in the box nl, substantially as and for the purposessetforth.

2. Av feeding lid, o, havinga recess, p, in its lower face, when used iuconnection with a knife, n, in the chamber m, substantially asdescribed.

In' testimony whereof, I, the said J omv DISCHAUB, have hereunto set myhand.

JOHN D. SCHAUB.

Witnesses:

THos. B. KERK, Joux GLENN.

